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Elliot W. McCleary Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 792

Scope and Contents

Letter, and typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett, corrections by sister Fern McCleary Danielson, concerning their father, David McCleary, who managed the James J. Hill Farm for twenty years at Northcote, Minnesota (1896-1916). Mentions the buildings at Northcote, James J. Hill and son Walter, their hunting trips and private railroad cars, supplies for the farm, the size of Hill's farm, Hill's Negro servants, Tom Schone who refused to work for Walter Hill, David McCleary's move from Northcote to Humboldt, his losses in the 1929 stock market crash, Elliot's schooling in Northcote, Humboldt, and Fisher, Minn.

Dates

  • 1956

Creator

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection is held by the Institute.

Biography

Born at Northcote Farm, Northcote, Minn. 1897, son of David and Elizabeth Webster McCleary.

Extent

2 Items (2 items.)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Letter, and typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett, corrections by sister Fern McCleary Danielson, concerning their father, David McCleary, who managed the James J. Hill Farm for twenty years at Northcote, Minnesota, (1896-1916). Mentions the buildings at Northcote, James J. Hill and son Walter, their hunting trips and private railroad cars, supplies for the farm, the size of Hill's farm, Hill's Negro servants, Tom Schone who refused to work for Walter Hill, David McCleary's move from Northcote to Humboldt, his losses in the 1929 stock market crash, Elliot's schooling in Northcote, Humboldt, and Fisher, Minn.

Provenance

Donated by Elliot W. McCleary on November 8, 1956 (Acc. 792)

Property rights

The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the Elliot W. McCleary Collection
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Repository Details

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